The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 8.8% in March 2012, after a fall of 8.1% in February 2012. Revolving credit commitments rose 20.5%, after a fall of 27.0% in the previous month. Fixed lending commitments rose 5.2%, after a fall of 0.1% in the previous month.

LEASE FINANCE

The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments rose 2.0% and the seasonally adjusted series rose 2.5%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

April 2012

12 June 2012

May 2012

16 July 2012

June 2012

13 August 2012

July 2012

11 September 2012

August 2012

16 October 2012

September 2012

13 November 2012

REVISIONS

In this issue revisions have been made to the original series as a result of improved reporting of survey and administrative data. These revisions have impacted on:

Personal finance values for the period December 2011 to February 2012

Commercial finance values for December 2011 and February 2012

Lease finance values for February 2012.

Seasonally adjusted and trend series have been revised as a result of revisions to the original series, the incorporation of estimates for the latest month and the revision of seasonal factors due to the concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Andriy Opryshko on Canberra (02) 6252 5223.